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Authorities to investigate Epstein’s infamous Zorro Ranch now owned by MAGA Republican

Last week, New Mexico’s Department of Justice wrote a letter to federal officials demanding unredacted copies of an anonymous email from 2019 to a local radio host, saying that ‘foreign girls’ died of strangulation at Zorro Ranch

The Independent UK · Feb 17

MAGA candidate in Texas is identified as owner of one of Epstein’s properties

Don Huffines, a self-described ’MAGA Trump Republican’ running for comptroller, revealed as owner of Jeffrey Epstein’s infamous former Zorro Ranch in New Mexico

The Independent UK · Feb 16

Epstein ranch twist: MAGA candidate Don Huffines named as mystery buyer of Jeffrey Epstein's New Mexico home

The mystery owner of one of Jeffrey Epstein's most famous abodes, a ranch in New Mexico, was revealed to be MAGA millionaire and Texas Comptroller candidate, Don Huffines. The real-estate mogul purchased the convicted child sex offender's "Zorro Ranch" in 2023, using a limited liability company he created just weeks…

The Times of India · Feb 15

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Comptroller candidate Don Huffines’ family owns former Epstein ranch in New Mexico

Huffines' campaign said the candidate’s family bought the ranch at a public auction four years after Jeffrey Epstein died.

The Texas Tribune · Feb 13

Chip Roy, Mayes Middleton leading Texas attorney general GOP primary in new poll

The poll, released Wednesday, also showed Sid Miller and Don Huffines with comfortable leads in their Republican primary bids for agriculture commissioner and comptroller.

The Texas Tribune · Feb 11

Texas comptroller primary: Who is running and what to know

The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts is the state’s chief financial officer. Here’s a look at who’s running in the 2026 primary and where they stand.

The Texas Tribune · Jan 30

Texas comptroller GOP primary attracts big money from donors with business before the agency

One candidate received about $1 million within an eight-day span from the head of a Dallas tax firm — and 72 of his employees — that helps corporations secure tax breaks under comptroller-run programs.

The Texas Tribune · Dec 24, 2025

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Texas put its chief financial officer in charge of school vouchers. Here’s what you need to know.

The Texas comptroller holds tremendous power over the program, including choosing which companies the state will pay millions to help manage it. Voters will decide who runs the agency next year.

The Texas Tribune · Oct 31, 2025

Big money shaping GOP primaries for Texas attorney general, comptroller

New campaign finance filings provide the first glimpse of the financial and political fault lines emerging in the open primaries for key statewide offices.

The Texas Tribune · Jul 16, 2025

Former Texas state Sen. Kelly Hancock to become acting comptroller, run for permanent job

Hancock, a North Richland Hills Republican, announced his candidacy shortly after being sworn in as chief clerk at the comptroller’s office.

The Texas Tribune · Jun 19, 2025

Christi Craddick, Don Huffines announce bids for Texas comptroller after Hegar tapped for A&M chancellor

Hegar’s impending departure from the comptroller’s seat creates a rare opening for one of Texas’ coveted statewide offices.

The Texas Tribune · Mar 7, 2025

TX group claims "war on white America"

True Texas Project has for years worked with Attorney General Ken Paxton, Sen. Ted Cruz and other prominent GOPers

Salon · Jun 13, 2024

TX GOP amendment prevents Dems winning

Amendment approved by GOP convention voters would effectively end Democrats’ chances of winning statewide office

Salon · May 28, 2024

Proposed Texas GOP platform calls for the Bible in schools, electoral changes that would lock Democrats out of statewide office

The platform was voted on Saturday, with tallies expected next week. Other planks call abortion homicide and gender-transition care “child abuse.”

The Texas Tribune · May 25, 2024

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The Texas Tribune · May 21, 2024

Texas’ Republican old guard mobilizes to protect Dade Phelan from the far right

Phelan’s primary has emerged as a last stand for the Republican Party’s business-minded establishment against an insurgency primarily motivated by social and cultural issues.

The Texas Tribune · May 9, 2024

GOP leaders snubbed Katrina Pierson in her House primary. Now they need her to pass school vouchers.

Ahead of the primary, Pierson lacked endorsements from Gov. Greg Abbott, former President Donald Trump, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, each of whom backed pro-voucher challengers in a number of other House contests.

The Texas Tribune · Apr 24, 2024

North Texas Senate runoff creates strange bedfellows, divides usual allies within GOP

The battle to succeed retiring state Sen. Drew Springer has come down to a May 28 runoff between Brent Hagenbuch and Jace Yarbrough.

The Texas Tribune · Mar 28, 2024

Republicans’ budding interest in Texas’ housing crisis could create strange political bedfellows

Republican lawmakers may try to force Texas cities to allow greater housing density as the state faces a housing crunch.

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The Texas Tribune · Oct 12, 2023

Here’s who gets money from Defend Texas Liberty, the PAC whose leader met with white supremacist Nick Fuentes

The group has funded candidates and groups like the Texas GOP who have pushed fellow Republicans to take a harder line against things like illegal immigration and transgender people.

The Texas Tribune · Jun 1, 2023

Cars registered in Texas after 2025 will no longer need to pass a safety inspection, but owners will still pay the fee

Cars in some of Texas’ larger counties will still be required to have their emission output checked.

The Texas Tribune · Feb 28, 2023

As 2024 nears, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis looms large over Gov. Greg Abbott in Texas

DeSantis and Abbott often appear to be locked in an unspoken ideological arms race as they take turns leading and then following one another, enacting policies and backing bills that push both states further to the right.

The Texas Tribune · Jul 21, 2022

A neighborhood’s new anti-Section 8 rules will push many Black residents out of a North Texas suburb

Landlords in Texas don’t have to accept renters who receive federal housing assistance, but a Denton County community is taking it a big step further: making most of the town off limits to Section 8 tenants.

Salon · Apr 25, 2022

Texas GOP wants to take over deportation

Experts say the plan is a "completely unserious" political stunt that will be struck down in court

Tribune News Service · Apr 16, 2022

Texas Gov. Abbott may benefit politically from border inspections despite costs, criticism of effort

AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott maybe had to dodge some rotten grapefruits — a few, lofted from normally friendly faces in the gallery.

Ballotpedia · Mar 2, 2022

Greg Abbott wins Texas governor Republican primary

Incumbent Greg Abbott defeated seven other candidates in the Republican primary for governor of Texas on March 1, 2022, and will advance to the Nov. 8 general election. As of 10:30 p.m. EST, 68% of precincts had reported. Abbott led with 68% percent of the vote, followed by Allen West…

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